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Cisco SSL Module for Catalyst 6500
Chapter 6 Content Networking
Cisco SSL Module for Catalyst 6500
The SSL Services Module is an integrated service module for the Cisco Catalyst® 6500
Series that offloads the processor-intensive tasks related to securing traffic with Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) and increases the number of secure connections supported by a Web
site.
When to Sell
Key Features
• Server SSL offload—performs all SSL-related tasks, allowing servers to handle
high-speed clear text traffic
• Scalable performance—provides a simple means of addressing increased performance
requirements by installing additional SSL modules in a Catalyst 6500 switch
• Stickyness—maintains persistence even when clients request new session IDs, in
Integrated Mode with Content Switching Module (CSM)
• Certificate optimization—provides cost savings by requiring only a single certificate
copy vs. a copy for each server subject to customer and certificate authority agreement
Competitive Products
Specifications
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For More Information
See the Catalyst 6500 Series Web site at: http://www.cisco.com/go/cat6500
Sell This Product When a Customer Needs These Features
SSL Module for Catalyst 6500
• An integrated SSL encryption/decryption solution featuring Cisco’s Catalyst 6500
• Scalable SSL processing: 2,500 connection setups/second per module-10,000 per Chassis fully-populated
with SSL modules
• F5 Networks eCommerce 540 • Nortel/Alteon iSD 410 SSL Accelerator
Feature Cisco SSL Module for Catalyst 6500
System Capacity and Performance
2500 connection setups/sec per module-10K per chassis; 60K concurrent client connections-240K
per chassis; 300 Mbps bulk rate encryption-1.2 Gbps per chassis; 256 key pairs; 256 key certificates;
Up to 2K key sizes·256 proxy servers
Scalability
Up to four SSL modules in the same Catalyst 6500
Integration with Server Load Balancing
Tightly integrated in the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switch with the CSM
Cisco SSL Module for Catalyst 6500
WS-SVC-SSL-1-K9= Cisco SSL Module for Catalyst 6500